Dynamics of Leadership

Becky Wells Gray, Executive Director of must! Charities, joins me to talk about must! Charities's uniquely strategic involvement with non-profits, and how she applies the tools of Navigating Challenging Dialogue.

Becky Wells Gray helped launch must! charities in February 2012. She brings over 16 years of experience in wine industry hospitality and public relations. Becky has been an active volunteer and supporter of various community organizations from serving on local non-profit boards, to coaching youth sports, and volunteering for various local and global causes.

You can reach Becky Wells Gray online on her website (https://www.mustcharities.org) .

The full conversation and transcript: https://navigatingchallengingdialogue.com/podcast/interview-becky-wells-gray

I'd love to hear from you — what did this episode reveal to you with regard to Navigating Challenging Dialogue? How do you apply these tools in your life?

For this last episode of our Leaders in Conversation series. Nikki and I talk about challenging the status quo, releasing expectations placed upon us, and leading your best life. 

Catch our full conversation! The episode (and transcript) is available now:  https://navigatingchallengingdialogue.com/podcast/interview-nikki-innocent

What Are The Expectations You're Distrupting?

I'd love to hear from you —— tell me what did this episode reveal to you? Did it shift how you will challenge expectations on your journey to leaning into your strengths?

I'm glad to introduce you to Vanessa Couto who joins me for this episode of our Leaders in Conversation series. Vanessa and I talk about tools you can use to navigate business decision making. 

Catch our full conversation! The episode (and transcript) is available now: https://navigatingchallengingdialogue.com/podcast/interview-vanessa-couto

What Are Your Tools You Rely On For Decision Making?

I'd love to hear from you — tell me what did this episode reveal to you? Did it shift how you will make decisions going forward?

If your management role exhausts you due to people who don't think proactively or won't take risks, who come to you repeatedly with the same questions or who stall out at the same roadblocks over and over again, then you might want to add coaching to your manager's toolbox.

Semi-annual performance reviews are too few and far between for our fast-paced world. Listen in to learn how coaching will help you increase accountability, skillfulness, and proactive problem-solving within your team.

I'm delighted to introduce you to Nicole Lee in this sixth interview of our Leaders in Conversation series. Nicole and I talk about diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural competency in the workplace and it's impact personally and professionally. She is the founder of Inclusive Life™ and co-founder of the Lee Bayard Group LLC and Black Movement-Law Project (BMLP), and is a nationally recognized speaker and strategist.

Catch our full conversation! The episode (and transcript) is available now: https://navigatingchallengingdialogue.com/podcast/interview-nicole-lee

What Are Your Thoughts On The Impact of Diversity in the Workplace?

I'd love to hear from you — tell me what did this episode reveal to you? Did it shift how you want to take action right now? Let us know!

I'm so excited to introduce you to Heidi Harmon. In this fifth interview of our Leaders in Conversation series, Heidi joins me to talk about stepping up and into her power, and how we can all respond to the call to action for the issues most important to us. Now, more than ever, we need voices who can communicate a clear and concise clarion call and Heidi intends to be one of those voices as we join together to facilitate the transformation of the planet. [Transcript]

Heidi Harmon is mayor of San Luis Obispo, CA, as well as an activist and speaker. You can reach Heidi Harmon online: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and on her website. 

I'd love to hear from you — tell me what did this episode reveal to you? Did it shift how you want to take action right now?

In this fourth interview of our Leaders in Conversation series, Karin Berardo joins me to talk about demystifying finance and building bridges between money and meaning by helping investors make more impact in what they do with their money, and working with world changers who need access to solid execution strategies and finances to make the world a better place for us all.

Karin Berardo, founder of Abren, has over 25 years of experience structuring investment vehicles and managing risk for Stumpf Energy, M+W Group, CleanPath Ventures, Municipal Mortgage & Equity and Accenture. She helped to structure over $1 billion in capital for renewable energy, real estate and sustainable infrastructure on 5 continents, and served as the first female CEO for an energy finance company in the Abu Dhabi Global Markets. Karin also led research on sustainable natural resources management and policy in the Brazilian Amazon in a partnership between IMAZON and the Ford Foundation. Karin completed her Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Chicago, and received a dual Masters in Public Policy with a focus on taxation and public finance from the Harris School of Public Policy, and an International MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.

You can reach Karin at Abren.biz and on LinkedIn.

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In this third interview of our Leaders in Conversation series, Lindsay Pera joins Beth Wonson to talk about how the salvation in leadership is going to come from our diversity, and learning to trust our instincts and intuition. The issues we face today, requires the ability to stop and listen with empathy, cultivating conversations to step forward and use our peacemaking skills.

Lindsay Pera consults with organizations, non-profits and socially conscious businesses on how to integrate regenerative learning and "new paradigm" business processes. Lindsay is also an entrepreneur whose companies create transformational Apps, services and resources for organizations and business leaders. You can reach her at: https://mysticssociety.com and https://lindsaypera.com.

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This week is a special episode of Dynamics of Leadership, a new interview from our Leaders in Conversation series. 

Michele Woodward joins Beth Wonson to talk about the how the shifts in hiring, changes in leadership, and new issues executives face today, requires a change in mindset and leadership strategy if your organization wants to succeed.

Michele Woodward is one of America's top executive coaches. She works with leaders and innovators across industries and has been at it for 15 years. She's also a leader within the coaching community - when people say she's a "coach's coach", they mean it. She worked in the White House, in corporate America and is a someone journalists rely on for insightful and useful quotes. She lives in Washington DC and works with people all over the world. You can reach her at http://michelewoodward.com

Todd Simindinger joins Beth Wonson to talk about how he's using the tools of Navigating Challenging Dialogue® each day, both at home and in his work as principal of Rockport Elementary. 

Todd describes how his day is made up of about 90% emotionally challenging dialogues. And due to the pace of school culture, each dialogue is typically constrained to less than 10-minutes. 

For Todd, one of the biggest benefits of the Leadership & Communication Skills workshop are the tools he learned to keep tough conversations efficient and focused while supporting his teachers and staff in being seen and heard. 

According to Todd, the workshop leveled up his self-awareness and self-leadership, and his ability to manage his own energy — and these are tools that he didn't find in any professional development training.